Margaret Ferrier

Margaret Ferrier (10 September 1960-) was the SNP MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West from 8 May 2015 to 3 May 2017 (succeeding Tom Greatrex and preceding Gerard Killen) and from 12 December 2019 (succeeding Killen).

Biography
Margaret Ferrier was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1960, and she moved to Rutherglen in 1972. She worked as a commercial sales supervisor before entering politics with the SNP, and she was elected to Parliament as MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West in 2015. She lost her seat to Labour Party candidate Gerard Killen in 2015, but she regained her seat amid an SNP surge in 2019.